#8E7015#8E7015

#8E7015 is a mid, moderate yellow. Relative luminance 0.174; OKLCH L 55.9% C 0.108 H 88.6°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.69:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#8E7015
RGB	rgb(142, 112, 21)
HSL	hsl(45, 74%, 32%)
HSV	hsv(45, 85%, 56%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 21.1%, 85.2%, 44.3%)
CIE-LAB	lab(48.75, 3.08, 50.14)
CIE-LCH	lch(48.75, 50.23, 86.49°)
OKLab	oklab(55.94% 0.0026 0.1075)
OKLCH	oklch(55.94% 0.108 88.6)
XYZ	xyz(17.0859, 17.3944, 3.1669)
Luminance	0.1739 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#8E7015 #15338E

analogous

#8E3415 #8E7015 #708E15

triadic

#8E7015 #158E70 #70158E

tetradic

#8E7015 #158E34 #15338E #8E1570

square

#8E7015 #158E34 #15338E #8E1570

split-complementary

#8E7015 #15708E #34158E

monochromatic

#231C05 #59460D #8E7015 #C39A1D #E2B93B

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.69

#8E7015 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.48

#8E7015 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #8E7015

4.69:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##8E7015	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##8E7015	1.00	4.69	4.48	4.69
#FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.48	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.69	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#7E6F00

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#86771B

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#9B655F

Achromatopsia (no color)

#747474

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #8e7015;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(142, 112, 21);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(55.9% 0.108 88.6);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#b3985c',
    500: '#8e7015',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #8e7015;
$custom-light: #b3985c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#8e7015",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 142,
    "g": 112,
    "b": 21
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 45.124,
    "s": 74.233,
    "l": 31.961
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.55938,
    "c": 0.10753,
    "h": 88.6
  },
  "luminance": 0.17393
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#8E7015

secondary

#3D5EC2

accent

#65F137

background

#FBF9F5

surface

#F6F2E9

border

#D0CCC5

text

#120D04

muted

#817E79

Preview Lab

Preview with #8E7015

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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